Species profile
Black Harrier
Circus maurus
Quick answer
Arid grasslands of s Namibia, sw Botswana and South Africa
- Scientific name
- Circus maurus
- Family
- Accipitridae
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Genus
- Circus
- Conservation status
- Endangered
Recording Black Harrier in your journal
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Related species in Accipitridae
- African Cuckoo-hawk (Aviceda cuculoides)
- African Fish-eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer)
- African Goshawk (Accipiter tachiro)
- African Harrier-hawk (Polyboroides typus)
- African Hawk-Eagle (Aquila spilogaster)
- African Marsh-harrier (Circus ranivorus)
- Amplibuteo concordatus (Amplibuteo concordatus)
- Amplibuteo hibbardi (Amplibuteo hibbardi)